Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 7.58% to 6.10 in Bulgaria in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 55.4 in 1960 and an all time low of 6.10 in 2020. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Greece amounted to 4.10, 6.90 in Romania, 5.60 in Serbia and 9.50 in Turkey in 2020.
Bulgaria has been ranked 128th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 11 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Albania | 9.90 | 9.60 | 9.40 | 9.40 | 9.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.40 | 6.30 | 6.20 | 6.10 | 6.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 8.70 | 8.20 | 7.70 | 7.30 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 5.40 | 5.10 | 4.70 | 4.40 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 27.9 | 27.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 11.2 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.60 | 8.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | 16.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 9.90 | 9.20 | 8.50 | 7.90 | 7.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 6.60 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.90 | 5.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 13.8 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 9.80 | 9.50 | 9.20 | 8.90 | 8.60 |
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